Build the Change Tuesday: Planet Play
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Welcome to the first episode of the Build the Change Planet People Podcast! Join hosts Natalie and Priya as they embark on a creative journey to inspire listeners to reimagine their streets as wild play spaces perfect for children and nature. This episode is designed as a build-along, so grab your LEGO® bricks, art supplies, or building materials and let’s get ready to play and learn.
The Planet People Podcast is also available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music!
Watch the Planet Play workshop
In this session, pupils will:
- Be challenged to use their imagination to solve a real-world problem
- Meet role models in sustainability careers
- Understand the importance of reconnecting with nature for their personal growth and the planet’s future
- Be inspired by our next competition to design a wild playstreet that’s good for nature and the community!
- Have lots of fun with LEGO bricks or recycled materials!
Download our free resources
Click HERE for the Planet Play Assembly
Planet Play competition!
Please note that this competition is now closed. Good luck to all of those who entered!
We are challenging YOU (all 7-14-year-olds) to design a playful street in your community that supports local people, wildlife, and the planet.
Two lucky winners will be chosen and receive:
- Their designs and ideas published on The Day’s website
- A virtual Build the Change workshop featuring a real-life LEGO designer for your class
- Free 3-month subscription to The Day for your school (new members only)
- A Build the Change Lego Classroom Kit so you can keep building and playing
- Outdoor playground equipment
- A certificate
- The opportunity to put your design idea in front of sustainability leaders later in the year!
Meet our experts!
Chantelle Lindsay
Chantelle is co-host of CBeebies' 'Chantelle and Rory's Teeny Tiny Creatures', teaching children about the U.K.'s smallest animals and encouraging children to look after our planet.
David Pallash
David works on the LEGO Group's Social Responsibility team, designing programs and experiences that connect more children around the world to environmental and social topics, and give them a chance to share their ideas for a better future, all via learning through play. He spends most of his time on the Build the Change programme, a space where his own passion for all things nature-based and social causes meet with the LEGO Group's objective of being a global force for play. Outside of work he is a conservationist, wildlife photographer and loves music almost as much as nature.
Natalie Rodden
Natalie has worked in the spaces between education, social impact and the creative industries for over twenty years. In 2011 she took the plunge into formal teaching with Teach First, and spent the next 3-years teaching English and Media Studies in two busy inner-city London secondary schools. Since then, she’s focused on using her skills to help brands and charities create learning programmes that deliver real benefits for busy teachers and content that inspires young people from all backgrounds to reach their potential.
Access our News Detectives: Build the Change articles for even more sustainability inspiration!
Build the Change Tuesday is our free, weekly sustainability resource for 7 – 14-year-olds, designed for busy teachers looking for a quick, preparation-free activity.
This sustainability resource was created in partnership with the LEGO Group®, and The Day allows students to think critically about, discuss and debate a new sustainability issue every single week. It’s ideal for settling students into the day, and developing reading, comprehension and discussion skills.
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Build the Change Tuesday is a sustainability resource brought to you by The Day and the LEGO Group®, which forms part of our News Detectives programme, a no-fuss daily dip into the news for ages 8 – 13. A different theme every day of the week.